Everyone in the yard immediately turned their attention to Lu Xi.
Lu Xi still repeated confidently, "I don't know."
Then he explained, "My grandmother left a farm to me after she passed away. I went out this time to take over the farm and take a look at that farm. It was just an accident on the road that ended up here."
This was exactly what was written in the letter in her handbag at the beginning of her time travel, but she didn't know why she suddenly appeared on the deserted grassland.
"I don't even know where I am now, so how can I know where the farm is." Lu Xi spread his hands.
"You're going to the farm, not home?" Clyde frowned.
"I have directions to the farm." Lu Xi avoided answering.
She actually has two choices. One is to follow the novice mission guide, find the farm, and then completely activate her golden finger.
The other is to find the aristocratic family to which this time-traveled body belongs, and live the life of a noble lady from then on.
The former is simple, just follow the route guided by the novice mission.
The latter had to analyze and confirm from a few unclear information which family his family was and which kingdom it was located in. At the same time, it was too troublesome to check these things without being discovered by this group of mercenaries.
Moreover, from a perceptual point of view, Lu Xi is actually more willing to do the former and travel to another world, rather than entrusting everything to an illusory noble status and gambling on the "blood relationship" that he has never met.
It's better to activate the golden finger so that you can survive in this different world, at least without relying on others.
Clyde stared at Lu Xi without saying anything, but Lu Xi smiled instead, "Originally, I went out just to go to the farm. Because I ran away from home because of an accident, it would be better to go directly to the farm."
"Otherwise, I will have to go to the farm next time. Who can guarantee that there won't be any 'accidents' next time?"
Lu Xi was cheating. She said this deliberately and specifically pointed out the word "accident" to show that this "accident" was not too "accidental". She didn't know what the situation was, but it didn't stop her from making up nonsense here.
Clyde and White looked at each other thoughtfully and accepted Lu Xi's statement.
Who knows that nobles are indeed such people.
It is not difficult to understand that an aristocratic lady who inherited her grandmother's inheritance had an "accident" on her way to receive it.
And this noble lady, after encountering an accident, chose to receive the inheritance first instead of returning to a home that could not guarantee her safety. Isn't this very reasonable and normal?
"Okay." Clyde agreed.
They have no other choice. Not to mention the fact that the baby dragon clings to Lu Xi and how much effort they have to put in to take the baby dragon away. It will take at least several months to find a buyer who can take over the baby dragon. However, the sale price was around a few hundred gold coins, not counting their losses along the way.
Now they are just escorting a noble lady, and it will only take a few months in total. The level of danger is not high, and they don't even need to worry about taking the baby dragon.
Not a huge profit, but not a loss either.
The deal was finalized. At this time, several people from the Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group began to pay attention to Lu Xi's physical condition, as if they had a conscience.
Well, it’s okay to not care. Lu Xi is now their employer. If Lu Xi suddenly disappears, where will they get money?
White took out his bottle of medicine again and said, "Miss Lucy, why don't you take some medicine." Don't let anything happen to you.
Lu Xi shook her head resolutely, "It's okay, it's almost dawn." She repeated it again.
Clyde noticed this, observed Lu Xi's expression, and raised his hand to stop White who wanted to persuade her again, "Don't force Miss Lucy if she doesn't need it."
White paused, probably reacting, and took back the potion with a smile, "Okay, does Miss Lucy have anything else to do? I'll take you back to rest?"
Lu Xi thought for a while and finally had a request, "Do you have a map?"
"?" White was surprised at how quickly Lu Xi's topic changed.
"Yes." Clyde didn't talk nonsense. He took out a roll of parchment from his arms. It was not big and could only be unfolded to the size of Lu Xi's two palms.
"I have a way to sense the direction of the farm, but I have to look at the map to know the approximate route." Lu Xi's attitude was calm, don't ask, ask about the elemental magic weapon.
Clyde handed the map to Lu Xi without comment. Lu Xi opened it and looked at it, and suddenly became speechless.
This map is too simple. A few arcs represent mountains, a few waves represent rivers, and a few circles draw human towns.
As for the routes between cities, there is no such thing.
It’s no wonder that this map is only so big and doesn’t have much content. No matter how big it is, what’s the use?
The only use of this map is that it at least marks the locations of mountains, rivers, and human towns. People who look at it can at least tell what is in which direction, determine the next direction and target, and perhaps confirm the distance.
As for how to get there and what you will encounter along the way, the map won't tell you that.
Oh, no, it was still marked on the map. Lu Xi saw the label "Ice Dragon" on an arc representing a mountain.
Okay, I know this mountain is the territory of the ice dragon.
The speechless expression on Lu Xi's face was too obvious, so Clyde explained a few words, "The map is important information. The only ones allowed to be sold in the city are maps of this kind. Maps with more detailed content can only be obtained by some people with special status." ."
For humans, maps are very important intelligence resources. Only by knowing the direction and location can humans avoid falling into desperate situations in the endless forests and plains.
Every piece of information marked on the map is a hope that can make human beings live better.
But human beings are too complex creatures. Some people regard maps as a tool to save people's lives, while others regard maps as weapons to invade other countries.
Once you know the domestic terrain of a certain kingdom, as well as the distance and even size between each city, you can formulate simpler and more convenient tactics.
So it evolved to the present, the maps that can be sold in the city and the maps that mercenaries can buy have become what they are now. The relationship between the cities is vague and unclear, but they can point the direction to those who need it.
Only nobles could get maps with clearer markings. Lu Xi was born into a noble family. Clyde was not surprised that she had never seen such a simple map. This made Lu Xi more in line with his "personality".
Lu Xi was speechless. She originally thought she could get a map and draw a route based on her novice mission guide. However, she got the map, but it was basically useless.
"Where are we now?" Lu Xi pursed her lips. No matter how crude the map was, she still had to use it.
"Here." Clyde stretched out his hand and clicked on a place on the map. The location was quite different from what Lu Xi had judged.
This map is also marked with the directions of up, north, south, left, west, right and east - it just so happens that in order to avoid excessive leakage of domestic terrain intelligence information, the maps that can be purchased in each town do not fix the north and south directions on the map.
Moreover, the size of the map content is also different. There are even many differences in the maps of different cities and overlapping terrains. These are all methods to prevent intelligence leakage.
Looking at the familiar map direction, Lu Xi found it much easier. Not only did he find the location of Kuwa Village, but he also found the approximate location where he first traveled.
There was not even a finger on the map, but it took Lu Xi a month.
After looking at the direction prompted by the novice mission guide, Lu Xi pointed at a location on the map, "I'm not sure about the location behind it, but this direction shouldn't be wrong."
Clyde nodded and looked at Lu Xi again, "So when will Miss Lucy prepare to leave?"
"Let's finish breakfast." Lu Xi looked up at the sky.
Unconsciously, more than two hours have passed, and it will soon be four o'clock in the morning, and the sun is already shining slightly in the sky.
"After breakfast? Miss Lucy, are you injured...?" White was only halfway through his worried words when he saw Lu Xi's complexion suddenly turn from pale to rosy. The change was completed almost in the blink of an eye, and there was no other sign.
"It's dawn." Lu Xi smiled slightly. All the negative conditions in his body had disappeared, except for his mental fatigue.
There was no surprised expression on Clyde's face. Lu Xi had mentioned waiting for daybreak many times, so he had expected it. But others were different and were almost shocked by Lu Xi's change.
"Then I'll go back and pack my things first." Lu Xi stood up and said goodbye. There was no trace of serious injuries on his body, except for the blood stains on his clothes.
"Dina, you come with Miss Lucy." Clyde nodded at Dina, who couldn't hide the surprise on her face.
This is not considered persistence, but more like a layer of protection.
After all, the young dragon must leave with Lu Xi. Although it is very close to Lu Xi, it cannot rule out the possibility of harming Lu Xi. Lu Xi is an ordinary human after all. Even if he has this magical recovery ability, if It's an injury that can be fatal in a short period of time, and I'm afraid there is no other way.
Let Dina, a low-level wood elemental mage, follow. No matter what happens, it will be fine for a short period of time. The village is not big, and if anything happens, they can arrive in time.
In fact, Hailin may be more suitable. After all, she is an intermediate wind element warrior with stronger combat ability. However, Clyde does not think that Hailin can get along well with Miss Lucy. A girl of about the same age as Dina is more suitable.
Another point is that Miss Lucy is a noble after all. Since they have taken over the task of escorting, in some respects, they also have to bear the responsibility of taking care of them, including serving tea and pouring water and other chores.
Dina could do this kind of thing well, but Hailin might not. Thinking of Hailin's appearance after drinking, Clyde's vision also darkened.
There were only two women in their group, one had a childhood sweetheart early on, and the other... let's not mention it.
Lu Xi did not reject Clyde's kindness and watched as the girl named Dina followed him towards his residence.
Xiao Yuan and the young dragon followed Lu Xi, one on the left and the other on the right. Xiao Yuan was obviously a little older, a few months old, but the young dragon was taller, more than two meters tall. He stood with both feet on the ground. Flying with its wings, it even surpassed the height of the village chief Luli.
Xiao Yuan hated the baby dragon very much. He always bared his teeth in a threatening manner. The baby dragon pretended not to see it at all. Lu Xi walked with his feet, and it followed behind Lu Xi. It looked a bit weird.
Both sides of Lu Xi were occupied, and Dina didn't care. She walked beside Xiao Yuan and chatted with Lu Xi lively and enthusiastically.
I didn’t mean to be cliché, it was just the character of this girl named Dina. She wanted to chat about anything and had no extra thoughts.
One moment she would praise Xiao Yuan for being cute, and the other moment she would curiously ask Lu Xi about her experience, mainly how she met Xiao Yuan. It was obvious that she liked Xiao Yuan very much, after all, Xiao Yuan was so cute.
And Lu Xi also learned some things from Dina's mouth. For example, Xiao Yuan's type is a silver wolf, which is a very familiar low-level monster. It usually has wind element attributes, and occasionally has some other element attributes, and Not fixed.
Monsters and humans are actually similar. It does not mean that a race has a certain elemental attribute fixed. Humans can be recognized by various elemental attributes, and monsters may also possess any elemental attribute.
For example, the young red dragon following Lu Xi, judging from the battle just now, it is of the fire element, but its mother is an ice dragon, a dragon of the ice element.
Another example is Xiao Yuan, the silver wolf clan. The wind element attribute is the most common among their clan, but there are also silver wolves with fire element attributes, water element attributes, etc.
This is also true for other monsters. They usually have a common elemental attribute, but other elemental attributes are not absent.
"I have always wanted to raise a silver wolf. I heard that in the eyes of silver wolves, humans are quite cute. They like to be with humans very much, but magic pets prove to be too expensive." Dina's tone was full of pity, Just like Village Chief Luli and others have to pay a deposit if they want to raise monsters, mercenaries also need to apply for certificates to raise monsters, so that they can enter various human towns with their monster pets.
"The silver wolf is really a magical monster." Lu Xi sighed. No wonder Xiao Yuan had the same attitude towards her when she first met her. Their entire race was a family member.
It's a bit like those large animals on earth. I heard that in the eyes of elephants, killer whales, dolphins and other animals, humans are very cute, just like humans see cats.
"Yes, I heard that some human children were abandoned in the wild and were picked up by silver wolves to raise them. The super famous 'Black Wolf' in our mercenary association was said to be a wolf raised by silver wolves. Where is the child?" Dina nodded repeatedly and shared with Lu Xi the gossip she heard from somewhere.
Unfortunately, this section of the road was too close. Dina had already arrived at the place before she had said enough. Lu Xi did not let Xiao Yuan and Xiao Long come in for fear of scaring Aunt Azuna.
Aunt Azuna was still guarding the yard. She stayed up all night, waiting for Lu Xi to come back. After seeing Lu Xi's figure, she suddenly relaxed a lot, got up quickly, and came over to greet him.
"Miss Lucy, you..." Aunt Azuna noticed Lu Xi's extraordinarily rosy complexion and hesitated to speak.
"I'm fine, Aunt Azuna. I'll come back to pack my things, and I'll leave when it gets completely bright." Lu Xi thanked Aunt Azuna for taking care of her. She knew that Aunt Azuna cared about her out of gratitude. The knitting method she gave me.
"Oh, okay." Aunt Azuna didn't expect to say goodbye so quickly, but she also knew that Lu Xi was not from here and would have to leave sooner or later, so she didn't say anything else and just explained what she had done in the past two days. For a moment.
"Miss Lucy, I have washed the clothes you wore before. I think the fabrics are all good. There are some damaged areas, so I have re-sewed them for you." Aunt Azuna took out two pieces of clothes. .
There is no visible damage on them, they are just two clean and beautiful new clothes.
Then the other things that Lu Xi brought were all cleaned and replaced one by one, which shows Aunt Azuna's care.
